# Imagine if you will:

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**Created:** [March 18, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/imagine-if-you-will/45216 "2008-03-18T10:06:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/imagine-if-you-will/45216/1 "2008-03-18T10:06:52Z")

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Imagine turmoil in financial and currency markets, with skidding stocks and a soaring currency that threatens an export-dependent nation.

Then imagine that the nation’s central bank – the one institution capable of responding quickly in a global financial crisis – has no Greenspan, no Bernanke, no boss.

This, in fact, is Japan, the world’s second largest economy.

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031801008.html?hpid=topnews](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031801008.html?hpid=topnews)

> The central bank stalemate, which has been anticipated and fretted about for months, has suddenly become a national embarrassment, an international worry and a political millstone for everyone involved.

Misery loves global company

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/imagine-if-you-will/45216/2 "2008-03-18T10:12:55Z")

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Note to self: Take over Japan. Excellent…

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/imagine-if-you-will/45216/3 "2008-03-18T10:13:48Z")

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Gm’s latest division… Toyota. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/imagine-if-you-will/45216/4 "2008-03-18T10:15:32Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> Gm’s latest division… Toyota. 🙂

Welcome to crazy world. Cigarettes are now considered an excellent source of calcium.

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/imagine-if-you-will/45216/5 "2008-03-18T10:16:38Z")

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lol. Jay. yea, right.

#1 & #2 economy are struggling (not news), and a whole lot more of the world is using the opportunity to catch up…

:tinfoilhat: